some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
central city; major city (in a region)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
on the occasion of; at the time of
right of succession; right to the throne
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
mask; disguise; guise; mask
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words